Author: John

Communing with my Inner Idiot

So I was woken up the other day by the sound of Son #2 leaping about excitedly because The Goon Show was on the radio. (Actually, it was the TV, as that’s where our digital reception comes from, but let’s not let today’s climate of technological ambiguity get in the way). So, as I was

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Ace Lyric #7

“I wants more wenches, More wenches and mead. I wants more wenches, Mead and wenches is what I needs.” Alestorm – Wenches & Mead

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Magic: The Gathering

  Well, I promised my lad I’d have a few games of Magic with him at the weekend. The trouble is, he has a Mortivore. It’s a pretty rare card, and it’s rare because it’s bloomin’ evil. In two ways. First of all, its strength and toughness are equal to the number of cards in

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AWESOME!

I know this SHOULDN’T be awesome, but IT ACTUALLY IS. When the BBC post an article entitled something like “Pirates Threaten Christmas Shopping”, it gets an automatic eyeroll for me, half expecting it to be a rant comparing unauthorised copying of music/moves/whatever to pillage and murder on the high seas. Clearly, the irony is lost

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Oh Dear

I’ve just realised I haven’t written anything on here since the 13th of October. That’s not very good, really. Having said that, saying nothing is probably better than posting every day but having nothing to say. Anyhoo, as it happens, I DO have something to say today and this is it: KDE 4.1 is really

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Muhh

I don’t normally post recycled lols, but I have to make an exception for this one. more animals

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Old Oracle, New(ish) Linux

Okay, so as part of my amazing scheme to take a very old netapp, built around Oracle and PL/SQL and running on ancient end-of-life unsupportable SPARC hardware, and port it to low cost Linux boxen, I’ve finally gotten round to attempting to shoehorn Oracle9i and OAS onto our preferred linux – CentOS 4.6. CentOS 4.6

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Banks can now lend you your own money.

“THE government is to invest £50bn of your money in British banks so they can lend it back to you with interest.The historic move is being hailed as a lifeline for the financial system as long as nobody asks too many questions. Julian Cook, chief economist at Corbett and Barker, said: “The government will give

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Don’t trust WebWise

BT are about to embark on a trial of software which spies on your web browsing. They claim it’s for your own good. More Info.

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